Rand al’Thor leads the forces of the Light to the Bore at Shayol Ghul to face the Dark One in a final confrontation known as Tarmon Gai’don. While Rand battles the personification of evil on a metaphysical plane, his allies participate in a massive military engagement at the Fields of Merrilor. Mat Cauthon commands the unified armies of the West, using tactical maneuvers against the Trolloc hordes and the Forsaken. Egwene al’Vere defends the White Tower’s influence against Shara’s unexpected invasion, utilizing the One Power to prevent the total unraveling of the Pattern.
People who have followed the fourteen-volume Wheel of Time series read this concluding installment to see the resolution of long-standing plot threads and character arcs. It serves those interested in high-fantasy military strategy and high-stakes magical systems. Readers finish the book with a concrete understanding of how the age ends, the fate of the central protagonists, and the mechanisms by which the world's cyclical history is preserved or altered.
Escapist; a moderate read.
Best for readers like The Escapist Adventurer. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
